Aristotle. “It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.” [Quotes of the Day]

I have become convinced that the development of character in fifth and sixth graders is one of my most important duties. Although our middle school is valiantily working toward developing character and respect, I think a church is the more natural and effective environment. The optimum environment is with an effective church with an active student ministry. That is probably why I volunteered to help with the 5th and 6th grade celebration at the Vineyard Church.

I have been helping out with the 5th and 6th grade celebration at church.
I am not sure how it came up but we could not name the seven deadly sins
so I looked it up on the Internet. I found a very nice website that explains
the seven deadly sins and their history, http://deadlysins.com.
According to the deadlysins.com website the seven deadly
sins are:

1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Anger
4. Sloth
5. Greed
6. Gluttony
7. Lust

The four Cardinal virtues are:

1. Prudence
2. Temperance
3. Courage
4. Justice

The three Theological virtues are:

1. Faith
2. Hope
3. Charity

They had an interesting group of virtues was called the Contrary Virtues:

1. humility against pride
2. kindness against envy
3. abstinence against gluttony
4. chastity against lust
5. patience against anger
6. liberality against greed
7. diligence against sloth